I've been wondering lately, how do you guys think the assorted names of EVO are pronounced? Is it zid-ah-grr or zeid-a-ger or etc.

(I'm aware its text, sound it out or, if your really bored, do a wav file)

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Here's how I pronounce things:

Miranu- Mur-AH-noo
Igadzra- Ih-GAHDZ-ruh
Zidagar- ZI-duh-garr
Azdgari- AHZ-d'GAR-ee
Voinian- VOY-nee-un
Emalgha- eh-MAHL-guh
Hinwar- HINN-wahr
Zachit- ZACK-it
Gadzair- GAD-zehr

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(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/forge666/forgianfiles/")http://www.geocities...6/forgianfiles/(/url) Then click on pronounce.mp3 StarStrafer said it works, so blame him if it doesn't.
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(This message has been edited by forge (edited 04-27-2001).)

The link itself didn't work, but I got the file by going to the "forgianfiles" directory and clicking on the file.

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(This message has been edited by StarStrafer (edited 04-27-2001).)

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Originally posted by StarStrafer:
Miranu- Mur-AH-noo
Igadzra- Ih-GAHDZ-ruh
Zidagar- ZI-duh-garr
Azdgari- AHZ-d'GAR-ee
Voinian- VOY-nee-un
Emalgha- eh-MAHL-guh
Hinwar- HINN-wahr
Zachit- ZACK-it
Gadzair- GAD-zehr

I agree with most of these, except that I say:
Miranu - Mir-AH-noo (like the Mir space station)
Zachit - ZATCH-it

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(This message has been edited by David Arthur (edited 04-27-2001).)

I normally say it as that too, but with the changes david made and

Gadzair - Gahd-zair

Igadza - I always get tounge tied on. egg-ahd-zah is what I always try though

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If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. If you don't give a man a fish, you'll have something for dinner...
Always remember where you put your ship's keys, floating to the next system can get downright cold...

Zachit: Za-keet
Miranu: Meer-an-u
Zidagar: Zid-a-gar
Igadzra: E-gadz-ra
Azdgari: Azd-gar-ee
UE: U-nyt-ted Erth
Voinian: Voy-ne-on
Emalgha: E-mal-ga
Hinwar: Hin-war

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Oh, and it says the page is "temporarily unavailable for viewing".

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If you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. If you don't give a man a fish, you'll have something for dinner...
Always remember where you put your ship's keys, floating to the next system can get downright cold...

I say it:

Azdgari = az-di-gar-E
Igadzra = i-gad-zir-a
Zidagar = Zid-a-gar
Miranu = MEr-ron-ew
Voinian = voy-nE-on
Emalgha = E-mal-gha
Hinwar = hin-waR
Zachit = Za-ch-it
Gadzair = gad-zEr

-Nova6

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(This message has been edited by Nova6 (edited 04-27-2001).)

(This message has been edited by Nova6 (edited 04-27-2001).)

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Originally posted by WarBeast:
**Oh, and it says the page is "temporarily unavailable for viewing".
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Do what StarStrafer did, maybe it'll work then. Worked for me at least.

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Jonathan Swift

For me it's:
Miranu- mee-raa-noo
Igadzra- eee-gads-ruh
Zidagar- zi-duh-garr
Azdgari- azd-gar-ee
Voinian- voy-nee-un
Emalgha- air-mar-luh
Hinwar- hinn-wahr
Zachit- zar-kit

Would be nice to get an official list though

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Originally posted by StarStrafer:
**The link itself didn't work, but I got the file by going to the "forgianfiles" directory and clicking on the file.

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It works for me, but that may be the edit

Anyway, what StarStrafer said is pretty much what I do, except I say Miranu as Mir-AH-noo.

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Impressive... at least no one has started a post on the correct way to pronounce "United Earth"!

Some of these EVO names are tough... Where'd they ever come up with them? (They are rather creative at times, however).

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Originally posted by SilverDragon:
**Zachit: Za-keet
Miranu: Meer-an-u
Zidagar: Zid-a-gar
Igadzra: E-gadz-ra
Azdgari: Azd-gar-ee
UE: U-nyt-ted Erth
Voinian: Voy-ne-on
Emalgha: E-mal-ga
Hinwar: Hin-war

**

Umm........ Sorry Platypus..........

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Fear not the dragon,
Fear not the wolf,
Fear not the warship,
Fear my Crescent Fighter.

You know what, I've just discovered that for all these years I've been pronouncing Emalgha EL-MAG-PHA.

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It truly amazes me to see that people don't pronounce Zachit "Za-keet"..........

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Originally posted by SilverDragon:
**It truly amazes me to see that people don't pronounce Zachit "Za-keet"..........
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I agree. ZA-KEET sounds so much better then ZA-CH-IT or ZAR-KEET.

Zarkeet? How did you get that???

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It's ZA-CHIT. You say it how it looks. Za-keet sounds some weird... er... word.

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My pronunciations:

Miranu- Meer-AH-new
Igadzra- Ig-AHDZ-ra
Zidagar- ZI-duh-garr
Azdgari- Azd-GARR-ee
Voinian- VOY-nee-un
Emalgha- eh-MAHL-guh
Hinwar- HINN-wahr
Zachit- ZA-shhite (double h's so it won't get *d out by the swear filter. :mad: )
Gadzair- GAD-zair
Kayan- KAY-un

How can you all call the Zachit the ZACKit? It grates my ears!

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(This message has been edited by Samurai (edited 04-28-2001).)

you know...I never really thought too much about the pronunciations before...but here's how I 'say' some of them (

Miranu- Muhr-AN-oo
Igadzra- Ih-gaz...ih-gar...ih-, ah heck, the iggies (the way the z's are placed gets me a little messed up, obviously)
Zidagar- Zih-DI-gar
Azdgari- As-duh-GAR-ee or just Ah-zzies (I can get this one right sometimes...)
Voinian- VOY-nee-un
Emalgha- eh-mal-GEE-uh (don't ask me where i get that extra sound)
Zachit- ZACK-it
Gadzair- I usually end up going with GAZ-dare

And no, I'm not very good at doing the phonetic spelling type deals. And, Samurai, I'm sorry about grating your ears...

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(This message has been edited by Fried Camel (edited 04-28-2001).)